Rus has many Rupee oil payments that they need to spendRussia plans to turn to the mighty Superpowar to construct 4 non-nuclear icebreakers.
Good luck to you Russia.
Russia wants more icebreakers for it's Northern Sea Route (NSR) project. So, it is planning to entrust India to build it's non-nuclear ice-breakers. Good, let them experience the might of Supapowar shipbuilding.
The plan is still not finalized yet, but I can already hear the Jai Hinds celebrating like no tomorrow. If the plan really does goes ahead, I do wonder how long it'll take for the first ships to be completed. I look forward to Russia going forward with this plan. They still need more lessons about India.
indeed, this will have to do until the BRICS launch their new settlement currency.What about disposing those worthless Rupee brother, the Russian had no use for 2 ply tissue paper anyway.
Nov 20, 2023 — The agreement calls for Goa to construct 24 river-sea class cargo ships for Russian clients in the Caspian Sea by 2027.
It's gonna become a vicious cycle. India pays for Russian oil in rupees. Russia pays for Indian-made Jugaad ships with those rupees. Rupees get vanished during the construction of those ships, and the Indians are gonna be asking for even more rupees. Then when those Jugaad ships are completed after being several years late, it's gonna need yet more rupees for rework and repairs. And then those ships don't last long in Russian usage and needed to be modified in Russia, to rework the Jugaad, or just get scrapped. And then India buys more Russian oil in worthless rupees.Rus has many Rupee oil payments that they need to spend
India has decided to go against its BRICS allies by refusing to follow the de-dollarization agenda. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said India will not target the U.S. dollar and only use local currencies when it makes sense.
This decision puts it at odds with China and Russia , who have been leading the push to move away from the dollar.
Inside sources from India say that the country is actually concerned about China’s growing control within the group. You see, the former believes the latter is using the bloc to expand its global power and is not about to support that.
You're preaching to the choir, only some die hard members here still believe India in SCO, BRICS is beneficial. Despite these voices, rational actors in Russia and China have stepped up coordination to alienate and bypass India.
Don't worry. India cannot even counter Pakistan, yet they're dreaming of countering India. Pakistan with it's 10 times smaller army has successfully managed to annex almost half of kashmir from IndiaOff course, the great Supapowar India must always upgrade its supa-dupa military to counter Big Bad China.
Jai Hind!
India wants to build those SSNs, ostensibly to patrol the Indian Ocean, and for Supapowar pride. I can understand that. But, knowing the Jai Hinds, they are going to have wet dreams about sailing these things off the Chinese coast together with the navies of their Anglo masters. To show to the Chinese, the superiority of their Brahmin genetics.
When China and Russia build nuclear submarines, SCMP and their kind would call them noisy rust buckets that poses minimal threat to the great navies of the West. But when India announces that its gonna build them, then its about "building capability", and they even have the cheek of comparing India to the big five. Yeah, Jai Hind to you SCMP.
India have been talking about this since 2020. So are they finally gonna buy it this time? 31 MQ-9Bs, versus dozens of TB2s and WLIIs by Pakistan, and hundreds, if not thousands of drones by China. Jai Hind!
BTW, how long is India gonna build those two brand new SSNs?
India to build and commission two brand new SSNs in 10-12 years time? This is India, so take that deadline with a bucket full of salt. They won't even know what kind of PLAN would be waiting for them in 10-12 years time.
BRICS should stay as BRICS but I in BRICS should be Iran instead of India